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vessel surveys and when using a
remotely operated vehicle to study
brumating behavior. Up to 540 green, 40
hawksbill, 210 Kemp’s ridley, and 130
loggerhead sea turtles would be
captured, annually, by hand, or dip,
tangle, or strike net, marked,
biologically sampled (blood, tissue,
scute), tagged (flipper and passive
integrated transponder [PIT]), measured,
weighed, and photographed prior to
release. A subset of captured sea turtles
would receive a satellite tag or a
combination of an acoustic and archival
tag and a subset of green sea turtles
would be lavaged prior to release. The
permit would be valid for 10 years from
the date of issuance.
File No. 22123: Jeffrey Schmid, Ph.D.,
Conservancy of Southwest Florida, 1495
Smith Preserve Way, Naples, FL 34102,
proposes to continue long-term in-water
studies of sea turtles inhabiting the
Charlotte Harbor and Ten Thousand
Islands estuarine complexes on the
southwest coast of Florida to determine
species composition, abundance, sizeclass distribution, migration patterns,
growth, habitat preference, and site
fidelity. Up to 60 Kemp’s ridley and 30
loggerhead sea turtles, annually, would
be captured by strike net, biologically
sampled (blood, scute, tissue), tagged
(PIT, flipper), transported to and
temporarily held in a facility for
opportunistic fecal collection,
photographed, measured, and weighed
prior to release. A subset of captured
Kemp’s ridley and loggerhead sea turtles
also would receive a satellite tag or
radio and sonic tags prior to release. Up
to 20 green sea turtles, annually, would
be captured by strike net, biologically
sampled (blood, scute, tissue), tagged
(PIT, flipper), photographed, measured,
weighed, and receive a satellite tag or
radio and sonic tags prior to release. Up
to five hawksbill sea turtles, annually,
would be captured by strike net,
biologically sampled (blood, scute,
tissue), tagged (PIT, flipper),
photographed, measured, and weighed
prior to release. The permit would be
valid for 10 years from the date of
issuance.
Dated: July 12, 2018.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG336
International Whaling Commission;
67th Meeting; Announcement of Public
Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
date, time, and location of the public
meeting being held prior to the 67th
meeting of the International Whaling
Commission (IWC). Because the meeting
will address U.S. positions, any U.S.
citizen with an identifiable interest in
U.S. whale conservation policy may
participate, but NOAA reserves the
authority to inquire about the interests
of any person who appears at the
meeting and to determine the
appropriateness of that person’s
participation.
SUMMARY:
The public meeting will be held
August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Silver Spring Civic Center, 1
Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910, in
the Spring Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Doherty, Office of International
Affairs and Seafood Inspection, NOAA
Fisheries (phone: (301) 427–8385 or
email: Carolyn.Doherty@noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Secretary of Commerce is responsible
for discharging the domestic obligations
of the United States under the
International Convention for the
Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The U.S.
IWC Commissioner has responsibility
for the preparation and negotiation of
U.S. positions on international issues
concerning whaling and for all matters
involving the IWC. The U.S. IWC
Commissioner is staffed by the
Department of Commerce and assisted
by the Department of State, the
Department of the Interior, the Marine
Mammal Commission, and other U.S.
Government agencies.
Additional information about the IWC
meeting, including a draft agenda for the
meeting, is posted on the IWC
Secretariat’s website at https://iwc.int/
iwc67.
NOAA will a hold public meeting to
discuss the tentative U.S. positions for
the September 2018 IWC meeting in
Florianopolis, Brazil. Because the
meeting will address U.S. positions, the
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substance of the meeting must be kept
confidential. Any U.S. citizen with an
identifiable interest in U.S. whale
conservation policy may participate, but
NOAA reserves the authority to inquire
about the interests of any person who
appears at the meeting and to determine
the appropriateness of that person’s
participation. In particular, persons who
represent foreign interests may not
attend. Persons deemed by NOAA to be
ineligible to attend will be asked to
leave the meeting. These stringent
measures are necessary to protect the
confidentiality of U.S. negotiating
positions.
The August 7, 2018, meeting will be
held at 9:00 a.m. in the Spring Room of
the Silver Spring Civic Center, 1
Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Carolyn Doherty, Carolyn.Doherty@
noaa.gov or (301) 427–8385, by July 23,
2018.
Dated: July 12, 2018.
Christopher W. Rogers,
Acting Director, Office of International Affairs
and Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG336
International Whaling Commission; 67th Meeting; Announcement of
Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the date, time, and location of the
public meeting being held prior to the 67th meeting of the
International Whaling Commission (IWC). Because the meeting will
address U.S. positions, any U.S. citizen with an identifiable interest
in U.S. whale conservation policy may participate, but NOAA reserves
the authority to inquire about the interests of any person who appears
at the meeting and to determine the appropriateness of that person's
participation.
DATES: The public meeting will be held August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Silver Spring Civic Center,
1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910, in the Spring Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Doherty, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, NOAA Fisheries (phone:
(301) 427-8385 or email: [email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for
discharging the domestic obligations of the United States under the
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The U.S.
IWC Commissioner has responsibility for the preparation and negotiation
of U.S. positions on international issues concerning whaling and for
all matters involving the IWC. The U.S. IWC Commissioner is staffed by
the Department of Commerce and assisted by the Department of State, the
Department of the Interior, the Marine Mammal Commission, and other
U.S. Government agencies.
Additional information about the IWC meeting, including a draft
agenda for the meeting, is posted on the IWC Secretariat's website at
https://iwc.int/iwc67.
NOAA will a hold public meeting to discuss the tentative U.S.
positions for the September 2018 IWC meeting in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Because the meeting will address U.S. positions, the substance of the
meeting must be kept confidential. Any U.S. citizen with an
identifiable interest in U.S. whale conservation policy may
participate, but NOAA reserves the authority to inquire about the
interests of any person who appears at the meeting and to determine the
appropriateness of that person's participation. In particular, persons
who represent foreign interests may not attend. Persons deemed by NOAA
to be ineligible to attend will be asked to leave the meeting. These
stringent measures are necessary to protect the confidentiality of U.S.
negotiating positions.
The August 7, 2018, meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m. in the Spring
Room of the Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring,
MD 20910.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Carolyn Doherty, [email protected] or
(301) 427-8385, by July 23, 2018.
Dated: July 12, 2018.
Christopher W. Rogers,
Acting Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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